Spotlight on Alumni - Baden Croft '14
OPGA is proud to celebrate the creative journey of Baden Croft, Class of 2014, a Mornington Peninsula-based artist whose evocative paintings are gaining national and international attention.
Baden’s artistic promise was clear during his school years, culminating in his receipt of the Principal’s Acquisition Prize in Year 12. His early work already showed a deep emotional connection to nature — a theme that continues to shape his practice today.
Now an established painter, Baden is known for his large-scale oil works, rich in texture and movement. Inspired by his experiences surfing, spearfishing, and freediving, his art captures the rugged beauty of Australia’s coastlines and bushland. Using palette knives and hand-cut stencils, he creates immersive scenes (such as kelp forests, bark textures, and windswept landscapes) each piece a tribute to the power and fragility of the natural world.
Baden’s paintings have been featured in exhibitions across Melbourne and Sydney, and are now held in private collections around the world.
Current Exhibition: A Way of Seeing
Baden’s latest exhibition, A Way of Seeing, is presented by Kelli Lundberg Art and runs until November 2 at The Studio and Co, Moorooduc. The show is a collaboration with fellow artist Liam Waldie, and includes a short documentary by Cam Myers, filmed across the Mornington Peninsula. The film offers a rare glimpse into Baden’s creative process and the landscapes that inspire him. Click here to view the documentary: A Way of Seeing: Mornington Peninsula
Huge congratulations Baden, on an incredible career journey so far! We’re excited to see where your path leads next.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Twitch, Kelli Lundberg Art, The Studio & Co. Mornington Peninsula, VIC
2024 Upstream, Michael Reid Southern Highlands, Berrima, NSW
2023 Out of the Blue, Antipodes Gallery, Sorrento, VIC
2023 Bush Bash, Art2Muse Gallery, Woollahra, NSW
2022 Collected Thoughts, Art2MuseGallery, Woollahra, NSW
2021 Reflections, Art2MuseGallery, Woollahra, NSW
2021 Out on a Limb, Merricks House Gallery, Merricks, VIC
2020 Inside Out, Art2Muse Gallery, Double Bay, NSW
2019 Head in the Clouds, Art2Muse Gallery, Double Bay, NSW
2018 Sapphire Coast, Art2Muse Gallery, Double Bay, NSW
2018 Room with a View, Merricks House Gallery, Merricks, VIC
2017 Baden Croft Exhibition, Art2Muse,Double Bay, NSW
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 A Way of Seeing 2: Mornington Peninsula, Kelli Lundberg Art, The Studio & Co. Mornington Peninsula, VIC
2024 Country Style 2024 - Our Country, Michael Reid Murrurundi, NSW
2024 Maiden Voyage, Kelli Lundberg Art, The Studio & Co. Mornington Peninsula, VIC
2023 ART Red Hill, Red Hill Consolidated School, Mornington Peninsula, VIC
2022 A Way of Seeing, Onshore Studios, Rosebud, VIC
2022 Play on Words, DuoExhibition with Sylvie Kettle, Thom Gallery, Byron Bay, NSW
2022 Pleasure Garden, Gallery Jones Art and Frame House, Ripponlea, VIC
2021 Flora Exhibition, WalkerStreet Gallery, Dandenong, VIC
2021 Under the Sun, Cook Street Collective, Flinders, VIC
2021 Flora, Walker Street Gallery,Dandenong, VIC
2020 ART Red Hill, Online Exhibtion
2020 Navigating Cook, Michael Reid Sydney, NSW
2017 Bushwhacked, Merricks House Gallery, Merricks, VIC
PUBLICATIONS
Hannah Martin ‘Ripple Effect’, House & Garden, November 2024
Cam Myers Way of Seeing,SBS Documentary, 2023
SaschaGattermayr 'BadenCroft's Landscape Paintings Quiver with human Energy', The Design Files,February 2020
Rachel Doyle 'Making an Impact', Peninsula Essence, March 2020
Source: https://www.kellilundberg.art/
Photography: @itsnaturalight (installation and launch photos) and @cammyersphoto (documentary)
